Michael Reid

Practice Areas

Mike Reid is a leading transactional real estate partner, widely trusted by major institutional investors and developers on flagship, high-value development, leasing, and investment mandates particularly in the office, mixed use, and life sciences sectors.

Clients consistently praise his commercial instinct, strategic clarity, and ability to drive complex deals under demanding timelines.

As Global Head of Markets for Pinsent Masons’ Infrastructure & Real Estate Sector, Mike plays a central role shaping the firm’s real estate market strategy.

Mike’s recent instructions include the £600m redevelopment of 55 Old Broad Street, one of the City of London’s largest upcoming office schemes, and LifeArc’s 70,000 sq. ft. pre-let at Kova KX, the largest ever life-sciences pre-let in Central London.

He is relationship partner to leading institutional clients - including Landsec, The Portman Estate, AEW, Abstract Securities and Pension Insurance Corporation -advising on strategic capital deployment across development platforms, income-strip structures, mixed-use schemes, and large-scale regeneration projects.

Distinctive strengths include:

• Leadership of major, multi-stakeholder development, investment, and pre-let transactions with deep expertise in forward funding, forward purchase, and long-income structures

• Trusted commercial adviser to Boards and Investment Committees on platform-shaping mandates

• Strong market insight and strategic direction as Global Head of Markets for I&RE